Volkswagen Beats Competition

January 22, 1986

MEXICO CITY — About 242,000 automobiles were sold in Mexico last year, and Volkswagen de Mexico led the way with more than 30 percent of the market. Dietrich Aufenacker, an executive at the Volkswagen assembly plant in Puebla, 60 miles east of Mexico City, said his company sold 76,370 cars last year, giving it 31.5 percent of all automobile sales, El Universal newspaper said.